A mutant of Arabidopsis deficient in the chloroplast 16:1/18:1 desaturase
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A mutant of Arabidopsis deficient in the chloroplast 16:1/18:1 desaturase
Abstract
Leaf tissue of a mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana contains reduced levels of both 18-carbon and 16-carbon polyunsaturated fatty acids and increased levels of the 18:1 and cis-16:1 precursors due to a single nuclear mutation at a locus designated fadC. Analysis of the fatty acid compositions of individual lipids and the kinetics of lipid labeling with [(14)C]acetate in vivo indicate that the mutant lacks activity of the chloroplast glycerolipid omega-6 desaturase. As a result, lipids synthesized by the prokaryotic pathway are not desaturated further than 18:1 and 16:1. Lipids derived from the eukaryotic pathway are desaturated-presumably by the endoplasmic reticulum 18:1 phosphatidylcholine desaturase. However, an increase in the level of 18:1 on all the phospholipids derived from the eukaryotic pathway in leaves of the mutant suggests that the mutation does exert an effect on the composition of extrachloroplast membranes. Synthesis of monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGD) by the prokaryotic pathway is reduced 30 to 35% in the mutant and there is a corresponding increase in MGD synthesis by the eukaryotic pathway. This shift in metabolism which results in a more unsaturated MGD pool, may reflect the existence of a regulatory mechanism which apportions lipid synthesis between the two pathways in response to alterations in the physical properties of the chloroplast membranes.
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